Mid-week, Wall Street stood some 15% lower than at its peak in July.

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The disclosure got little attention until it was reported in The Wall Street Journal in mid-October.

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Its chief spokesman, Thomas Dawson, wrote an indignant defense of its Asian policies in the Wall Street Journal in mid-March.

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As the stock market has stalled and moved sideways since mid-February with economic and inflationary worries increasing, Wall Street is beginning to put out advice on how to prepare for a potential market correction.

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And yet, in many ways Corning is a much better company than it was in the mid-Sixties when it was held in such awe by Wall Street.

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Flooding and a pit wall collapse put an end to mining in the mid-1980s.

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"By the mid-'60s I had this great quartet and then hit a wall, " says Mr. Lloyd, explaining his period away from performing.

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Given the code of silence that Wall Street firms impose on their employees, it is difficult to get mid-level bankers to speak openly about what they do.

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Fanciful as the scheme may seem (one unanswered question: Why did they stop in mid-2000?), it represents a new and potentially dangerous way for plaintiff lawyers to attack Wall Street.

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